Phyllis Witt

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Phyllis Ann Jones

Funeral services for Phyllis Ann Jones, 77, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2009 at Fellowship United Methodist Church in Bossier City, with Pastor David Melville officiating. Interment will follow at Park in Haughton.

Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Thursday, January 15, 2009 at Hill Crest Funeral Home.

Phyllis was born on December 3, in 1931 to the late Helen and Franklin Witt in Catasauqua, PA. She entered into rest on January 12, 2009, at Christus Schumpert Highland Hospital after a brief illness. She served in the United States Air Force from January 1951 to September 1952. While stationed at Hamilton AFB, she met and married her husband Bill. Phyllis was a former employee of Bossier Parish Community College. She also worked with BPCC's Community Education Program and touched the lives of many co-workers and students. She remained a strong and faithful supporter of the college.

Phyllis was a member of the Fellowship United Methodist Church and had been a resident of Bossier City for over 35 years.

She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Bill Jones; sons, Randy Jones and wife Debbie of Collinsville, IL; Scott Jones and wife Brenda of Bossier City, LA; three grandchildren, William R. Jones, III, Evelyn Boone and husband James, Ashley Lawlor and husband Alec; three great grandchildren Logan Jones, Alexander Jones and Persephanie Jones. She was preceded in death by her grandson Garrett Adam Jones.

Pallbearers will be Larry Grice, Irvin Dahlberg, Dale Linton, Scott Spalding, Jim Rathmell, and Jay Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Hudson and Rodney Murphy.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the CCU Staff of Highland Hospital for their care of Phyllis.

In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that memorials be made to the Fellowship United Methodist Church Building Fund.

You may share your memories with the family by visiting www.MeM.com.

Funeral Home 318-949-9415

Bossier Press-Tribune (Bossier City, LA) - Friday, January 16, 2009

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Franklin married Helen May Gillespie on 6 Sep 1930 in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Helen (daughter of James Blaine Gillespie and Hattie Eva Pfeifly) was born on 11 Sep 1907 in Egypt, Lehigh County, Pennslyvania, United States; died on 20 Nov 1993 in Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona, United States; was buried in Green Valley Cemetery, Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Hattie Eva Pfeifly on 23 Jan 1909 in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hattie was born on 10 Mar 1888 in Egypt, Lehigh County, Pennslyvania, United States; died on 2 Feb 1949 in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Son of John Gillespie and Jane Lees.
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James Gillespie, Sr., the veteran ore sampler for the Empire Steel & Iron Company, passed away at 6.30 o'clock this morning at his home, No. 317 Church Street, aged 69 years, 10 months and 23 days. Mr. Gillespie suffered from stomach trouble for some time, but he was able to attend to his duties at the Crane furnaces until last Sunday. He was able to be about, however, and last evening he took a walk as had been his custom.

At midnight Mr. Gillespie's condition became serious and he lapsed into a state of unconsciousness, in which condition he remained to the end. The members of his family were at his bedside when he expired. The announcement of Mr. Gillespie's death came as a shock to the entire community, especially to his sfellew-employes [sic] at the furnaces, by all of whom he was held in high regard.

The funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, Rev. C. H. Miller, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Gillespie was a member, officiating. Interment will be made in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery.

The deceased was born at Castle Rock, County Dery, Ireland, on September 21, 1844, a son of Mrs. Jane and the late James Gillespie. He came to America after the close of the Civil War, and started work for the Crane Iron Company, later absorbed by the Empire Steel & Iron Company, and was continuously in the service of the company for 48 years. He was the ore sampler for James Gayley, the first chemist for the Crane Iron Works, later vice president of the United States Steel Corporation, and was sent to a number of States to sample ores, being considered one of the best in the country. He was able to go along a train of ore cars and judge their value in iron as accurately as any chemist. He sampled ores for Leonard Peckitt, president of the Empire Steel & Iron Company; Howard Knauss, superintendent of the Emaus furnaces, and Milton Knauss, superintendent of the Crane iron works, while tney were chemists at the local furnaces, and for E. J. Lynch, chief chemist of the Empire. Mr. Gillespie died less than 24 hours after his neighbor and life-long friend, Andrew Johnson, a veteran furnaceman [Find A Grave Memorial# 191502470].

Mr. Gillespie was united in marriage thirty-nine years ago to Miss Mary Clugston, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Dr. Cornelius Earle, then pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The union was blessed with 12 children, two of whom died in infancy, Besides his bereaved wife he is survived by these children, Robert of Summit Hill, Daniel Gillespie, overseer of the Catasauqua water plant, Mrs. Oliver J. Benvenuti, James B., John, William, Stanley, George and Miss Myrtle Gillespie of this piace, and Charles Gillespie of Jamesville, N. Y. Fifteen grandchildren, and his mother, who is 94 years old, and a sister, Margaret the last two named living in Ireland....

Published in The Allentown Leader, 13 Aug 1914, Thu, Page 7

James married Mary Clugston on 28 Oct 1875 in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Mary (daughter of James Clugston and Elizabeth McHenry) was born on 11 Dec 1854 in Ireland; died on 28 Sep 1916 in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Name?tab?James Gillespie
Event Type?tab?Marriage
Marriage Date?tab?28 Oct 1875
Marriage Place?tab?Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA
Denomination?tab?Presbyterian
Organization Name?tab?Presbyterian Church of Catasaqua
Spouse?tab?Mary Clugston